Will this be the start (finally)?

Nice looking website. I think you will do well.

May I make a suggestion though. I believe the best way to promote a site like that is through Press Releases. Write up a huge press release and send it to places like CNN, MSNBC, your local new media, news papers and such. Some of them will pick up on the story and that should help a bunch.

However I do have 1 disclaimer. I have been interviewed on national tv, and it did help some. I seen at the peak about 900 visitors per 10 minutes. However it quickly fell off and went back to normal traffic. However, my content was much different than yours, so your site may not fall back.

Sincerely,

Randy Thomas

3 years? Dude - you should know EVERYTHING by now and be able to do more than anyone here!. You should create a product and sell it.

You should build a huge list. You should... build 15 adsense sites!

Thank you very much, Randy. I will certainly be writing press releases but I had only thought of PRWeb.com, so I'll defitnitely be sending them to those other places you suggest.

Thanks again :-)

Paul

Sharp looking website. In addition to sending out press releases, daily updates with good, solid content should keep people interested in your site (in addition to making Google happy). Good luck!

Nice site

As soon as Google sees it they will close your Adsense though
you need a privacy policy
A legal disclaimer including the FTC affiliate link disclaimer wouldn't hurt either
(Just link to them in the footer.)
I see you are not cloaking your affiliate links

wonder if that will help or hurt?

Generic Privacy policy I wrote you can alter to your needs:


The xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx has created this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. The short version is: We do not sell or give away your name or any information about you, to anyone, without a court order.

If you have any questions or concerns about any part of this web site or need any assistance in reference to any sales or downloads, please feel free to e-mail us at:

xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx


When you send us e-mail we won't keep or share your e-mail address with anyone outside of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx staff. We'll only use your e-mail address to respond to your requests for information. And send you useful and interesting information.


When you browse, read pages or download information on our website, we automatically gather and store certain technical information about your visit. This information never identifies who you are. This information is collected for statistical purposes only. The information we collect and store about your visit is listed below:

>The Internet domain and IP address from which you access our website
>The type of browser and operating system used to access our site
>The date and time you access our site
>The pages you visit and
>If you linked to our website from another website, the address of that website.

Sometimes we use "cookies," which are small amounts of text stored on your computer. The only cookies we use are to inform your browser that you have visited the site previously. A Web server can only retrieve information from a cookie it created. It can't look at other cookies to gather more information.


We monitor visits to the web site to identify any attempt to tamper with it.

We accept no personal information to this site other than your name and email to keep you updated.
We would only try to identify you personally when required to do so by a law enforcement investigation.

Tampering with the xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx web site is against the law. If anyone tries to tamper with it, they may be punished under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986.

Our website has links to many other web sites. When you go to another site, you are subject to the privacy and security policies of that site. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cannot attest to the accuracy of information provided there.

Linking to a web site does not constitute an endorsement by xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, or any of its affiliates or sponsors, of the sponsors of the site or the products presented on the site.

~Pxxxxxxxxxxxxx Staff

Winebuddy - You're right and I'm on it.

One of the most important things I've learnt of late is to "Do and learn" rather than "Learn and do".

Cheers!

Paul

Excellent help, DogScout and 1960Texan - thank you.

Paul

Paul,
Dogscout is right on the money, you do need all the privacy policy et al. Even if you're based in the UK.

The site looks good. A couple of suggestions.

You need to make the header smaller. It's some of the most valuable real estate you have. Half the height would be fine. You may even me able to fit in one of those wide thin adsense blocks (I forget the exact dimensions).

I would definitely get an optin box on their somewhere. Top right hand side is usually a good place.

It could be because your site is new, but your some of your ad blocks aren't relevant.

Make sure the Adsense spider knows what your page is really about.

Put this around important stuff:
<!- google_ad_section_start ->
<!- google_ad_section_end ->

And you can put this by sections you want ignored.

<!- google_ad_section_start(weight=ignore) ->

You too, danhughes and Morket - appreciate your help :-)

Hi Paul,

I looked at the site...

It is a nice site, but unless you are able to generate a ton of traffic - your business model will struggle to make any real revenue.

An opt-in box will only be successful if you have a great product to offer for subscribers.

Why put an opt-in box? To collect names? Great, but unless you have a game plan you will have a bunch of names that you send affiliate product offers to and an occasional product offer that you and your business partner come up with.

Think much bigger and further ahead than that.

I continually must keep my clients focused and help them develop a bigger plan.

Your intentions are GREAT! The site is GREAT! Will you succeed? Only if you can see where you are headed in 3 more months and then 3 more years. If you are only hoping to make more money then you will have a tough time.

Set some real goals and then put together a solid plan to succeed.

Good Luck to You!

Tom